Cell line · CVCL_A784
HEK293S
Transformed cell line, Homo sapiens. 8 papers.
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ConductScience Library. HEK293S. Cell lines, record CVCL_A784. Release cell-lines-2026-11-14-0.1.0, 14 Nov 2026. https://conductscience.org/library/cell-lines/CVCL_A784
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Cell line
As Cellosaurus gives it.
- Name
- HEK293S
- Accession
- CVCL_A784
- RRID
- RRID:CVCL_A784
- Synonyms
- HEK-293S, HEK 293S, 293S
- Species
- Homo sapiens (Human)
- Sex
- Female
- Age at sampling
- Fetus
- Category
- Transformed cell line
- Derived from
- Fetal kidney (in situ)
- Parent
- HEK293 (CVCL_0045)
- Entry created
- 2012-06-06
- Entry updated
- 2025-08-14
Source Cellosaurus
Problems0
Cellosaurus records no problem for this cell line.
None in this release.
Papers8
1 more article gives this line's RRID in its Methods without naming the line nearby, so it is not listed.
| Paper | Journal | Year | How we know | Retracted | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coral anthozoan-specific opsins employ a novel chloride counterion for spectral tuning. | Elife | 2025 | Its Methods give the RRID and name the line | PubMed | |
| Altered O-glycosylation of β1-adrenergic receptor N-terminal single-nucleotide variants modulates receptor processing and functional activity. | FEBS J | 2025 | Its Methods give the RRID and name the line | PubMed | |
| Novel Cannabinoid Receptor 2 (CB2) Low Lipophilicity Agonists Produce Distinct cAMP and Arrestin Signalling Kinetics without Bias. | Int J Mol Sci | 2023 | Its Methods give the RRID and name the line | PubMed | |
| Distinct impact of IgG subclass on autoantibody pathogenicity in different IgG4-mediated diseases. | Elife | 2022 | Its Methods give the RRID and name the line | PubMed | |
| The scattered twelve tribes of HEK293. | 2018 | Cellosaurus cites it | DOI | ||
| Genome dynamics of the human embryonic kidney 293 lineage in response to cell biology manipulations. | Nat Commun | 2014 | Cellosaurus cites it | PubMed | |
| Development of stable cell lines expressing high levels of point mutants of human opsin for biochemical and biophysical studies. | Methods Enzymol | 2000 | Cellosaurus cites it | PubMed | |
| Structure and function in rhodopsin: high level expression of a synthetic bovine opsin gene and its mutants in stable mammalian cell lines. | Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A | 1996 | Cellosaurus cites it | PubMed |
Relatives4
| Relation | Cell line | Accession | Problem | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parent | HEK293 | CVCL_0045 | Cell lines | |
| Derived from it | HEK293S GnTI- | CVCL_A785 | Cell lines | |
| Derived from it | HEK293SF | CVCL_4V94 | Cell lines | |
| Derived from it | HKB-11 | CVCL_3712 | Cell lines |
Cell banks1
| Cell bank | Catalog number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| CancerTools | 154155 |
Source CancerTools
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